LoginLord of the Flies - Region 1 DVD
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Harry Hook's adaptation is not as faithful to the William Golding novel as you'd wish (they excised the Lord of the Flies dialogue with Simon!) and because of it, the movie is less allegorical and less resonant. A group of young men from a military academy are stranded on an island. The group quickly becomes fractious with a passive section led by Ralph, trying to get rescued, and a hunter faction, led by Jack, trying to procure meat and "have fun." Peter Brook's 1963 filming seemed to get closer to the Darwinist sense of this cultural disintegration. Here, the hunter faction seems more like Peter Pan's Lost
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Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release date: 20 November 2001
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 9780792851370 UPC: 002761686837
Release date: 20 November 2001
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 9780792851370 UPC: 002761686837
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